The smell of the ocean

The smell of salt 

tiny grains of sand below your feet

Gleeful, calm, and peaceful

The ocean has its silent caves

When it's deep and quite

The quiet is like when there is nothing to think about at night

But the waves are big and loud, crashing against the shore

The Loud is like when you have so many thoughts going through your head

The ocean is depth,

The depth is like a heart, thoughts, or dreams 

The dreams that sometimes never come true or

 thoughts that are always forgotten

The kind of dreams that we dream of everyday 

Like the childhood dream of becoming a princess

Or superhero

The thoughts that we overthink and dwell on day and night 

Am i good enough? Am i doing this right?

The ocean is sleepless

Never going to bed and always making a fuss at night 

as the tide towers over our heads

Like when we stay up thinking about the why or what

The waves crash around pushing you all over 

Not giving a care in the world

Like when you feel free and able 

Nothing could compare to this feeling 

Not even the biggest surprise 

Like getting that job, or the dream that you had as a child 

The ocean is like us in so many ways 

We don’t even know 

From the waves crashing against the shore

Towering over us

To the deepest part of the sea

Like our thoughts and dreams.